... such relationship was with her father. Her father was a chauvinist and did not support her when she went to Cambridge University. He did not believe the she or any wealthy women should go to college. He thought that she should be proper and do volunteer work. He tried to stop her by threatening not to back her financially if she were ... was with her sexist research partner Maurice Wilkins. Wilkins was supposed to be the second in command of the research project but never realized this because of his views on women. He thought Rosalind was his research assistant and she believed that sh...

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... her own father struck her with a resentful opposition initially when he refused to support her dream by of attending Cambridge University. It took the heavy strain of three very irate women to ultimately change his mind, which turned out to be one of the best pride worthy decisions of the century. At Cambridge, her war effort work on the efficiency of ... "analyzing X-ray photographs of DNA molecules- for a Mr. John Randall. Kings University proved to be a polar experience for her however. It gave the 2 feeling of an exclusive boys' club, omitting women from even dining with their count...

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